You were all fantastic!!—I express how helpful it is to have this listserv.
I am leaving a public library situation where I had great coworkers to
bounce ideas, etc. off of and now will be in a media center with only one
staff member. So to know I have all of your help out there in cyberspace is
AWESOME!
My initial posting was the following: I am yet another brand new media
specialist and am trying to prepare my first week (sessions with K-5). I’m
having problems locating a fun interactive way to introduce the lower grades
to the media center. Does anyone have any advice on games, activities,
etc.?? I already have a sufficient number of book titles. Thanks so
much!!!
Here are all the fantastic replies—again thanks to all of you who took the
time to reply!
Yes, it is a PowerPoint. I should have told you that!
Here it is -
I am going to simplify it for the first graders this year.
It really help me to remember everything I want to tell the students the
first time I see them.
Let me know what you think.
KarenI am also a first year LMS in a preK to 6th grade school.. Here are
some sites that I 've been gathering for introductions and orientations.
Please send a hit on whatever you get so that you can share or send to my
e-mail.
http://www.shelleypaul.com/animals.html
<http://www.shelleypaul.com/animals.html>
http://www.emerson.k12.nj.us/staff/rmkelly/custom/mediacenter/Kids%20Corner/
Nononever/NoNover3.html
<http://www.emerson.k12.nj.us/staff/rmkelly/custom/mediacenter/Kids%20Corner
/Nononever/NoNover3.html>
http://www.dixie.fayette.k12.ky.us/TalkingBook/index.html
<http://www.dixie.fayette.k12.ky.us/TalkingBook/index.html>
We played Library Terminology Bingo. Students each had a Bingo card
that had library terms on it (I had 30 different versions) and I had
strips of paper with the same terms. As I or the teacher drew a term,
the students would put a marker on the right place on the card if they
had that term, then we would discuss what it meant. In order to win the
game a student would have to have a normal Bingo (5 in a line) but
would also have to be able to define all of the terms. I bought
lunchtime ice cream for the winners, but you could give out any
reasonable prize. The kids loved it - they kept asking to do it again,
and again, and again.... to creat the Bingo cards I used an online
bingo generator which is here:
http://teachers.teach-nology.com/web_tools/materials/bingo/
It's quite flexible - two different sizes so you can do simple ones for
the younger kids (they have to be able to read though). You could even
do it with pictures for the K-1 kids, though it would be time-intensive.
Hope this helps!
Welcome to the profession! Being a school librarian is a great way to
spend your days.
A couple of ideas for K and 1's
I spend SEVERAL weeks introducing the library before K's borrow books,
usually one before 1's borrow.
Week 1 - Start off by showing them where and how to sit - to get routines
going right away. Like - sit close, but not touching. ) Introduce self. Ask
them what they think might happen when they visit the library and spend time
discussing what will happen: stories, fun games, learning about where good
books are, and borrowing books in a few weeks. Read <Hello, Hello> by
Schlein - It is a wonderful short, funny, true book about how animals say
hello. Then have the kids each say "Hello, my name is ____" to you. You
can shake their hands if you wish. It is a perfect way to start to learn
their names.
Week 2 - Review the routine of how and where we sit. Introduce the idea of
raising hands to ask question, share a thought. You could call the roll and
have the students raise hands when they hear their names. (You practice
names, they practive raising hands.) Read <I Took My Frog > to the Library
by Kimmel. The give the kids a tour of the library. If you didn't in week
#1, discuss fire drill procedures.
When K's first borrow and for several weeks, I put a selection of books out
on tables for them pick from. Before these primary grades borrow from
shelves, I do a lesson about how each book has its own address, and how we
use marker sticks to keep the books from "getting lost".
Hope some of that helps
Welcome the great position of library media specialist!!!!
I know just what you are going through. I just finished my first year
in the Media Center. An idea that I used for the younger grades (Pre-K -
2nd) was "Going on a Book Hunt" I used the "copy-cat-ing" song, " Going on
a bear hunt" and changed the words to go along with how we use the library
media center.
Chorus:
Going on a book hunt
I'm not afraid
Oh look...
It's a school
Can't go over it
Can't go under it
Have to go in it
Chorus
It's the (library, media center)
Can't yell in it
Can't shout in it
Have to talk quietly in it
Chorus
I see shelves of books
Can't run to them
Can't skip to them
Have to walk to them
Chorus
I see a great book
Can't be rough with it
Can't be tough with it
Have to be gentle with it
I gave each student a cardstock bookmark in the shape of a
book/binoculars/magnify glass that had a welcome on it and my four rules on
it.
Walk
Talk
Clock
Sock
The student were told what each word stood for:
Walk- always walk in the library media center
Talk- always use "LMV" (library media center voices) [demo and practice]
Clock- use our time wisely...have 15 min. to choose books
Sock- ( they love this one!!!) DO NOT treat the books like you treat your
socks...meaning: don't throw them under your bed, stuff them in
the
bottom of your closet, don't use them to clean up spilled
milk/juice,
don't make MOM/DAD responsible for them.
I hope this will help! I'd love to bounce ideas back and forth, if you'd
like!
Have a great year!!!
First of all - congratulations on becoming "one of us" ! Stay active on
this forum, it will help you more than you can imagine.
I would strongly suggest that your first week classes are really
orientation/get-to-know you lessons. Do NOT rush into structured lessons
and storytimes right off the bat !!! It is tough to get to know your
students since you will, in all likelihood, see them once a week for about
40 minutes. Take away 10-15 minutes for book check and you'll understand
why it takes a librarian the better part of the first few months to know her
students. Focus on each child and do your best to learn everyone's name and
temperament. Then after a couple of weeks, get your lessons up and running.
I have always followed this routine and been glad that I did, except for
this year when I switched to a middle school. HUGE mistake !!! This year I
will follow my own advice and not have any structured lessons for the first
couple of weeks.
I put together a powerpoint introducing me as well as the media center. I
include some personal stuff as well as rules, grade info, etc. Since most
teachers just talk this is a break from the mundane. Also since I do pretty
much the same thing with all grades it helps me to keep from forgetting
something and saves my voice a litte. Being new the students will want to
know a little about you and your rules and ways of doing things. Don't get
too personal though.
A few weeks into the year I plan to do a jeopardy game as another review of
library skills, rules, procedures, etc.
Hope this helps some. Just make sure you tell them how you want things to
run, then stick to it. I found if the students know what is expected upfront
things go a lot easier. For instance: I have displays on the tops of the
book shelves that are not to be played with (these even include my
daughter's American Girl Dolls). Many people ask me how I am able to keep
these things in good shape and from not being destroyed by the students. I
tell them that from the beginning I set the ground rules that the displays
are not to be played with and I designated other items that could be played
with. I have had no problems in the 8 years the school has been open.
Letting them know prevents misunderstandings and problems down the road.
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I created this library lesson -
http://www.libraryinstruction.com/learnthelibrary/LearntheLibrary50.ppt
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